Idiot comment of the week

"Keflezighi...is an American citizen thanks to taking a test and living in our country. Nothing against Keflezighi, but he's like a ringer who you hire to work a couple hours at your office so that you can win the executive softball league."

http://www.cnbc.com/id/33587668
Some of the readers make excellent points.

isn't it Darren Rovell, who used to work for ESPN? the way he said it may have been wrong but i think his point was no America doesn't have the next Bill Rodgers, this guy grew up in and trained in another country.

isn't it Darren Rovell, who used to work for ESPN? the way he said it may have been wrong but i think his point was no America doesn't have the next Bill Rodgers, this guy grew up in and trained in another country.

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Of course, the guy moved to America when he was 12, and only began training as a distance runner in high school. And he moved to America from Italy, where he had been a refugee.

isn't it Darren Rovell, who used to work for ESPN? the way he said it may have been wrong but i think his point was no America doesn't have the next Bill Rodgers, this guy grew up in and trained in another country.

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Of course, the guy moved to America when he was 12, and only began training as a distance runner in high school. And he moved to America from Italy, where he had been a refugee.

I wasn't making an argument there ace. I didn't see in his article where he was 12 when he moved to America. I was thinking if he was 20-something when he got here it's not the same as someone who went to high school and college and learned how to run in the US.